Better take a look at what historical buildings are left while they still stand, with the push for Condos, these buildings will all be but a photo soon...

I spend many hours in this cemetary eating a sandwhich, reading the headstones, and reading about them in the various books they are in. That brick wall has always been a sad issue, especially considering the man who built it is buried in that cemetary, hed be rolling in his grave seeing the condition of it.

The cemetery was owned by the Davis family not the Fisher family. It now comes under the city. They took over management of the cemetery a few years ago, but there’s not much budget from the city, although they are contributing to this project by the Burlington historical Society for more information or if you wish to be a volunteer for this project contact the Burlington historical Societyon their website

It was my understanding that until the city took over ownership/maintenance, it was still owned by the Fisher family, and if you could prove you were a direct descendant of one of the original UEL families that started that burial ground, (I believe the Ghents were one of the other UEL families) there was still a limited amount of burial space still there and you could be buried there. Am I mistaken and possibly been told a tall tale by a local?

Great stuff. I’d already Seen the BBC documentary, and Night Mail, but your slow motion footage of the Dublo TPO in operation at the beginning was brilliant. I really must get mine wired up!

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Just a tremendous look back at Burlington past ! I think I would have loved being there !

I used to work the TPO trains through Stockport, the first of the night was the Manchester London, known as the Panic, 40 men, 20 barrows of mail, 3 minutes to load, god help any passengers that got in the way!!! also the driver, he had a critical job to stop on the marks, all the barrows were lined up on the edge of the platform in order of loading, if he was long or short it required everything to be moved, he got a mighty slagging for that

Marvelous series. Anyone interested in the old days of present day Burlington boundaries needs to see these.

Love these videos. I have a calendar from Armstrong Bros, Freeman. Meat & Groceries.

I have to admit as a 21 yr old at the time of the demolition I thought there was concrete plans for a tall apartment structure that was going to be partly built over the lake. Year after year the land sat empty, and it seemed a real shame it came down so soon.

I remember the smells from the canning factory drifting over the town, as I lived only a few blocks from Aylmers. It was heavenly, to say the least.

I LOVE Burlington Ontario. Thank you for posting these videos.

Love that gas electric at 1:12

Good editing!

What is the history of Jobs farm? Where Ikea is located now. When I was a kid in Aldershot, there was a Feed mill there as well.

Very nostalgic moment for me to see this film I made more than 50 years ago. David Sovereign the voice had been a classmate at Maplehurst School😂My wife Caro;l Anne sang the solo behind the church scene and John Reynolds’s did a wonderful job writing the script. I shot it with a 16 mm Bolex and edited in my home studio. The water turbines were a passion and today our family business is manufacturing them for the world market inn Ontario and :Poland.

Thank you for posting.

My family’s although born in Hamilton and Freelton have history in Burlington back to the twenties I know of. My fathers sisters all six of them were quite a bit older than him and would rent a cottage on the beach strip in the summertime. They would head to work from there into Hamilton and spend the summer away from school enjoying the beach and socializing at the brant inn, a place they would enjoy until it closed. After the war two along with there husbands built lovely homes on the lakeshore right beside John Collasa’s home just west of The pig and whistle. My father built a small home further west beside what is now Bella court, the oldest condos on the stretch. By the time I came along (65) we lived on Stratton rd. Straight behind and across the street from the lakeshore house. What a wonderful city I grew up in! Elisabeth Gardens school where my sister went I went and so many friends many I still have contact with now! I actually have the big swing set from there at my home outside of Parry Sound. Skyway Plaza that was quite new and bustling. With the passing of my mother in 2019 and the sale of Stratton rd my visits south are fewer. My God mother though still lives on Stratton rd, an original owner that moved in a shiny new home in 58 right behind my parents and then right across the street when they moved to Stratton! My sister lives in headon forest and my children in Hamilton and Ancaster. Many friends have never left and a few cousins but the city is not as nice as it was in my opinion. Downtown has been ruined by the high rises along the lakeshore and shouldn’t have been done. The pressures of progress and time marches on etc. Thanks for the upload! I remember the centennial and all the festivities that year.

Not too far from Aldershot HS where I went to school.

What is that tower in the middle of town?

Where abouts was the brant inn located? Was it directly at the bottom of brant st, or a little west of brant, on lakeshore?

Can you please make a video about Burlington lift bridge

This is amazing

i lived in Hamilton for most of my life except for 13 years through the 80s and 90s when i was out in Calgary Alberta, now I'm in Dartmouth NS ,its sad to see all the old buildings and houses gone ,they could have done a better job of restoring them instead of tearing everything down. Reason i say this because NS has made a point of saving some history its amazing to see all the old villages and town and how much history they have saved ,its too bad Hamilton and Burlington couldnt have done the same ....thanks for the memories bud

Great clip !

Interesting footage. I am not a big fan of the cars. But at least they all look different from each other...unlike today. Thank you for this. ☮

Beautiful footage 😍 👌

Thank you MR. Oliver.police men were very different in the day. We were such a small hamlet.everyone new your name. We could not get away with anything.

I look at Central now and what it looked like in the past. We had more pride in our gardens and land in the past. Things were made to look beautiful. Pride was taken in it. Now, the gardens are no more. Just like Spencer Smith Park, was stunning, now, not so much.

The park was so much better back then with that water where there is now grass. Looked so beautiful. And no highrises, Spencer Smith would be shocked being in the constant shadows of these buildings now if he stood downtown.

There was a time when the public boat launch at the Canoe club was the place to watch the boats come and go.

What a shame the cut those trees down on Brant :(

Supertest gas, is now a parking lot. That property was also a Chrysler/Desoto dealer if I'm correct...

Good afternoon. If you read this, could you please do a history of the cemetery on Plains rd East. I believe it's the United Empire Loyalists cemetery. I'm very curious who is laid to rest there. In the 70s I once played there on the site of the Feed station and dairy farm.

Before the Skyway bridge was begun, my father built a Supertest service station and restaurant on the south end of the bridge just past and across the road from the amusement park. He sold the business when he heard about the new bridge! Many years later I was passing by and stopped in to visit the current owner of Skyway Lawn Equipment.We had a wonderful chat about the place and he showed me around. I was only about 4 years old when my Dad sold the business but I remembered quite a bit! I was also a junior member of the Burlington Yacht Club in 1958.

I’m really interested in getting hard copies of 1:03 to 1:10 arial shot of Burlington Ave. where can I get them?

Nice work again ...👍

What a wonderful idea. Thanks for filming/posting it. ☮

Where was Highville? On Mount Nemo?

Class of 1976 wonderful years from grade 9 to grade 13 and the great teachers who taught us Mrs. Jacob's Mr k many more many thanks

Built on reclaimed land ?

Sure is a ton of history all the way down by Burloak as well. Families,farms, even a road house and motel! Love the channel but haven’t seen much easy of Guelph line. Awesome footage.

i love these photos and movies! My Mom (nee Mary Almas) was born on a farm on Graham's Lane, 100 years ago come Sept 1st. Her birth certificate of course said 'Freeman.' My Uncle Freeman Barber stayed with the Freeman family while he was also working on the RR, based at Freeman Station to get his conductor training and certificate. ('Scuse the pun). A lovely memorial of him is now present at the Freeman Station heritage site. Dad's families lived in one of those little houses on the south side (opposite the clans and a bit west. His Aunt and Uncle Jim and Mary Potter lived next door and adjacent was the Freeman Mission which became Freeman Gospel Tabernacle on Brant St., and then Brant Street Bible Church - and now (joined with Park Church to become Compass Point Bible Church). I was raised on Maple Avenue -opposite the bottom of what's now Maple Mall 74+ years ago. Great memories!

Some great photos ! That's how Freeman still looked when we moved here in 64 ! Had many hot beef sandwiches at "the Clan's"....good times...didnt know that big brick 2 stry on the south side was a hotel... Remember "the wrong side" drop in centre..in one of those old houses on the north side of the tracks...the wrong side apparently. Tell that to everyone who lives north of the QEW.